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Elliptic flow from event-by-event hydrodynamics

Kari J. EskolaKari J. EskolaHannu HolopainenHannu HolopainenHarri Niemi

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PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsNuclear Theory010308 nuclear & particles physicsPlane (geometry)Event (relativity)Monte Carlo methodElliptic flowFOS: Physical sciences01 natural sciencesNuclear Theory (nucl-th)High Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)0103 physical sciencesStatistical physics010306 general physicsNuclear ExperimentGlauber

description

We present an event-by-event hydrodynamical framework which takes into account the initial density fluctuations arising from a Monte Carlo Glauber model. The elliptic flow is calculated with the event plane method and a one-to-one comparison with the measured event plane $v_2$ is made. Both the centrality- and $p_T$-dependence of the $v_2$ are remarkably well reproduced. We also find that the participant plane is a quite good approximation for the event plane.

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2011-06-22
https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1106.4471